ski

Pluralskis

Formsskis, skiing, skied

1. 1
   nouncountable

   One of two long, flat boards you strap to your feet to glide over snow or water.

   Like a flat board that lets you slide over snow instead of sinking into it.

   She strapped one ski to each foot before pushing off.

   He waxed his skis the night before the race.

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2. 2
   verbintransitive

   To move across snow or water using long boards on your feet.

   Like sliding down a hill, but with long boards on your feet to steer.

   They ski every winter in the mountains.

   She learned to ski when she was six.

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To travel down a slope or across a place on skis.

   They ski the steepest trails on the mountain.

   Every winter she skis the same slope near her cabin.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A trip you take to go skiing.

   Like going for a walk, but on skis over the snow.

   We're going on a ski this weekend.

   Their morning ski left them tired but happy.

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   One of two long, flat parts under some aircraft that let them land on snow or water.

   Like flat sleds fitted under a plane instead of wheels, so it can land on snow.

   The small plane landed on its skis on the frozen lake.

   One ski cracked as the aircraft touched down.

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